A Message from Leadership

Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health holds itself to the highest standard of excellence in quality patient care.
We embrace and respect the diversity of our patients, families, communities and coworkers and pledge to include families and all members of the healthcare team in decision making.
We value our community partners and foster teamwork with the goal of creating a medical home for the children we serve and an academic home for our faculty and staff.

Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health

Dean Lin
President, Care Transformation Services and Physician Practices

Judy Aschner, M.D.
Physician in Chief, Hackensack Meridian Children’s Health

Kevin Slavin, M.D.
Director, Quality, Hackensack Meridian Health Children’s Care Transformation Services

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital Administration

Judy Aschner, M.D.
Physician-in-Chief and Marvin I. Gottlieb, M.D., Ph.D. Chair of Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Steven Percy, MD
Vice Chair of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Linda Stanton, MBA, RN, NE-BC
Administrator, Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital Nursing

Thomas Anton
Director, Medical Group Operations

Hackensack University Medical Center Administration

Ihor Sawczuk, M.D., FACS
Regional President, Northern Market
Chief Research Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
Assistant Dean, Clinical Integration
Professor of Urology, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Mark D. Sparta, FACHE
President and Chief Hospital Executive, Hackensack University Medical Center
Executive Vice President, Population Health, Hackensack Meridian Health

Dianne Aroh, MS, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC
Executive Vice President
Chief Clinical and Patient Care Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health

Lisa Tank, M.D., FACP, CMD
Chief Medical Officer
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital Administration

Harpreet Pall, M.D., MBA, CPE
Chairman, Pediatrics
Professor of Pediatrics, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Kelly Chaknis, MBA
Director, Women’s and Children’s Services, Southern Region

Ann Marie Conte, RN, MSN, CPN
Director, Patient Care

Jersey Shore University Medical Center Administration

Kenneth N. Sable, M.D., MBA, FACEP
Regional President, Southern Market
Assistant Dean for Integration, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Vito Buccellato, MPA, LNHA
Chief Hospital Executive

Kim Carpenter, M.D.
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Ellen Angelo, DNP, MSN, RN, CCRN
Chief Nursing Officer

Children’s Hospital Division Directors

Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital

Jennifer Northridge, M.D.
Adolescent Medicine

Robert Tozzi, M.D.
Pediatric Cardiology

Paulett Diah, M.D.
Child Abuse Pediatrics

Helen Theresa, M.D.
Pediatric Dermatology

Randye Horon, M.D.
Developmental/Behavioral Medicine and Institute for Child Development

David Walker, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Javier Aisenbury, M.D.
Pediatric Endocrinology

Wendy Jeshion, M.D and Elaine Moustafellos(co-directors)
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Helio Fernando, M.D
Pediatric Genetic Medicine

Alferd Gillio, M.D.
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Stephen Percy, M.D.
Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Julia Piwoz, M.D.
Pediatric Infectious Disease<

Mark Siegel, M.D.
Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine

Nicole Spillane, M.D.
Neonatology (interim)

Kenneth Lieberman, M.D.
Pediatric Nephrology

Ariel Sherbany, M.D.
Pediatric Neurology

Timothy Vogel, M.D.
Pediatric Neurosurgery

Huma Quraishi, M.D.
Pediatric Otolaryngology

Amit Merchant, D.O.
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

Ellen Kaplan, M.D.
Pediatric Pulmonology

Yukiko Kimura, M.D.
Pediatric Rheumatology

Keith Kuenzler, M.D.
Pediatric General Surgery

Harry Koo, M.D.
Pediatric Urology

K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital

Heather Grossman, M.D.
Pediatric Advanced Care Team

Gary Gross, M.D.
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Mitchel Alpert, M.D.
Pediatric Cardiology

Denise Aloisio, M.D.
Developmental/Behavioral Medicine and Child Evaluation Center

Grace Ponce, M.D.
Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Santhosh Eapen, M.D.
Pediatric Endocrinology

Beth Loveridge-Lenza, M.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterology

Jessica Scerbo, M.D.
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Srividya Naganathan, M.D.
Hospital Medicine

Aswine Bal, M.D.
Pediatric Infectious Disease

Samuel Thomas, M.D.
Pediatric Intensive Care

Suzanne Touch, M.D.
Neonatology

Guillermo Hidalgo, M.D.
Pediatric Nephrology

Jan Wollack, M.D.
Child Neurology and Epilepsy

Lawrence Daniels, M.D.
Pediatric Neurosurgery

Paul Haynes, M.D.
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

Samuel Engel, M.D.
Pediatric Otolaryngology

Anil Pawa, M.D.
Pediatric Primary Care

Nader Nakhleh, M.D.
Pediatric Pulmonology

Mark Kayton, M.D.
Pediatric General Surgery

Thomas Vates, M.D.
Pediatric Urology